San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-07-06

While we had been engaged in getting
over our fright and in examining the grisly
wonders of the place, GagOOl had been diff
ferently occupied. Somehow or Other-fOr
she was marvclOusly active when she chose
She scrambled on TO the great table, and
made her way TO where our departed friend
Twala was placed under the drip, to see,
suggested Good, how he was picking" OF
for some dark purpose of her own. Then
she came hObbling back, stopping now and
again to address a remark Uhe tenor OF
which | could not CATCH to one or other of
the shrOuded forms, Just as you or | might
greet an Old acquaintance. Having gone
through this mysterious and horrible cvremO-
ny, she SQuatiCd herself down on the table
Immediately under the white Death, and be.
gan, 50 far as | could make out to offer up
PRAYERS to it, The spectacle Of this wicked
Old creature pouring out applications (evil
ones. no dOubU to the arch-enrmy OF man
kind, was so Uncanmy that it caused US to
hasten slr inspection. Now GagOOl," said
|, in a low vOicc-SOmehOw one did not dare
to speak above whisper in that place
"lead us to the chamber"
The old creature promptly scrambled
down off the table.
MY lords are not afraid?' she said leer.
ing up into my face.
Lead on"
''iOod, my lords" and she hObbled round
to the back of the great Death. Here is
the chamber; let my lords light the lamp
and enter" and she placed the gOurd full OF
oil upon the floor, and leaned herself against
the side of the cave. | took out match, of
which we still had few in a box, and lii
the rush wick. and then looked for the door
way, but there was nothing before us but
the solid rock. GagOOl grmed. THE way
is there, my lords
'Do not jest with us" | said sternly.
Il JEST not, my lords See!" and she
pointed at the rock.
As she did 50. on holding up the lamp we
perceived tat a mass OF Ston" was SLOWLY
risim. from the floor and vanishing into the
rock b,ye, wn.rc doubtless there was
cayity pr, pared to receive It. The mass was
of the width of u gOOd-SZ"I door, about ter
feet high and not less than v" feet thick
II must have weigh st least twenty on
thirty toms, AMI WIS clearly moved upon
some simple b lance prnripir pr H.bIy the
same as that upon which the opening umu
shutting of an Ouiinar. modern window il
arranged How the principle was set in mo.
careful to avoid that: hua have little doubt
that there was some very simple lever, which
was m.yci ever 50 little By pressure on
secret spot, thereby throwing additiOna.
weight on Ia tine hidden cOuHtprDaianccS.
aud causing the wlrulr huge mass tm be lifted
from the ground. Very SLOWLY and gently
the great Stone raised itself, till at last il had
vau.>lrd J,tO-uthcI and dark hole pre-.
l., in h,I
filled.
Enter. white men from the STARS" SAID
GasOOi, advancing into the doorway; but
first hear your servant GagOOl the old. The
bright stones that y" will see were dug out
OF the pit over witch the Silent Ones are set,
and stored here, know not by whom. But
once has this place been entered since the
time that those who STORED the stones de-
parted in haste leaving them behind. The
report of the treasure went down among the
people who lived in the country from age to
age. but none knew where the chamber was,
nor the secret of the door. But it happened
that white man reached this country from
over the mountains, perchamce he, too, came
from the stars, and was well received by the
king of the day. He it is who sits yOnder,"
ana she pointed to the fifth king at the table
OF the dead. And it came to pass that he
and woman of the country who was with
him came to this place, and that by chance
the woman learned the secret of the dOOr-a
thousand years might We search, but We
should never find it, Then the white man
entered with the woman, and found the
stones and filed with stones the skin of
small goat, which the woman had with her
to hold food. And as he was going from
the chamber he took up one more stone,
large one, and held it to his head" Here
she paused,
Well" | asked, breathless with interest
as we all were, what happened to Da Sill
veStra?'
The old bag started at the mention of the
name.
How knowest thou the dead mans
Nance she asked, sharply; and then, with
out waiting for an answer, went on:
"NOne know what happened; but it came
about that the white man was frightened,
for he flung down the goat skin, with the
stones and fed out with only the one stone
in his hand, and that the king took and il is
the stone that thou, MaCumaZahn, didst take
from Twala's brow"
Have none entered here sinceg' asked,